I have come to understand that Apple iOS devices are like great entrees prepared by a renowned chef. The ingredients that the chef uses are ones available to many, but it is how they are combined and presented that makes all the difference.

To me this ultimately means that most of the iPhone patents that have been in the spotlight are not genius inventions worthy of patent protection, BUT it sure seems like Apple deserves SOME sort of protection for their genius in preparing the entrees in ways others had not done before, and presumably had not envisioned.

I have come to understand that Apple iOS devices are like great entrees prepared by a renowned chef. The ingredients that the chef uses are ones available to many, but it is how they are combined and presented that makes all the difference.

From the back cover of "oPtion$", the Fake Steve Jobs book:

Sometimes I feel like a great chef who has devoted his entire life to monastic study of the art of cooking. I've gathered the finest ingredients, built the most advanced kitchen and prepared the most exquisite meal. So perfect, so delicious, so extraordinary. More astounding than any meal ever created. Yet each day I stand in my window and watch 97% of the world walk past my restaurant into the McDonald's across the street.